husband en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-der.? Proto-Germanic *hūsą Proto-West Germanic *hūs Old English hūs Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Germanic *būaną Old Norse búa Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Old Norse -andi Old Norse bóndibor. Old English bonda ▲ Old Norse húsbóndicalq. Old English hūsbonda Middle English husbonde English husband Inherited from Middle English husbonde, from Old English hūsbonda, from hūs + bonda. Calque of Old Norse húsbóndi. By surface analysis, house + bond.
Meanings
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A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:A great bargain also had been[…]the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.
1964, Philip K. Dick, “THIRTEEN”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 193:The husband and wife are one person in law.
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband.
- (UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
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(archaic) A prudent or frugal manager.
God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant thereof.
1645, Thomas Fuller, Good Thoughts in Bad Times, Occasional Meditations: V:[S]o I went and fetch’d a good Dram of Rum, and gave him; for I had been ſo good a Husband of my Rum, that I had a great deal left: When he had drank it, I made him take the two Fowling-Pieces, which we always carry’d, and load them with large Swan-Shot, as big as ſmall Piſtol Bullets; then I took four Muſkets, and loaded them with two Slugs, and five ſmall Bullets each; and my two Piſtols I loaded with a Brace of Bullets each; I hung my great Sword as uſual, naked by my Side, and gave Friday his Hatchet.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, pages 273–274:
- (dated) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
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A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
[…] a withered tree, through husbands toyle, Is often seene full freshly to have florisht […]
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.
1681 September 8 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 30 August 1681]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:The painfull husband plowing up his ground, Shall finde all fret and rust both pikes and shields
1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC:
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The male of a pair of animals.
Husband of the Herd
1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind.
- (UK, dialectal) A polled tree; a pollard.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| husbands | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
husbando · husbian · ship's husband · midhusband · First Husband · husband-in-law · husbandwoman · house husband · hubby · ex-husband · husbandry · husbandhood · husbandly · taking a husband · work husband · Younghusband · husband stitch · wasband · husbander · brother-husband · husbandage · trophy husband · co-husband · ice husband · jealous husbands problem · gusband · cyberhusband · husbandship · husman · husband and wife · retired husband syndrome · husbandless · husbandish · Murder Husbands · welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk · gingerbread husband · husbandman · Ineffable Husbands · husbandlike · merhusband
Descendants
Hypernyms
lover · spouse · partner · wedder · significant other
Hyponyms
cot-betty · husman · henhussy · betty · cot-quean · benedict · househusband
Relateds
autem cove · boyfriend · fiancée · widower
Synonyms
old man · lord and master · hubby · husband · husband pillow · hubby · baron · mister · his lordship
Translations (438)
nl man (male partner in marriage) · zu umkhwenyana (male partner in marriage) · ar جوز (male partner in marriage) · hy ամուսին (male partner in marriage) · gd fear-cèile (male partner in marriage) · bn পতি (male partner in marriage) · la coniunx (male partner in marriage) · fa شَوْهَر (male partner in marriage) · mnp 老公 (male partner in marriage) · sah эр (male partner in marriage) · kk бай (male partner in marriage) · akz innaani (male partner in marriage) · hu férj (male partner in marriage) · lo ພັດສະດາ (male partner in marriage) · wuu 愛人 /爱人 (male partner in marriage) · zh 老公 (male partner in marriage) · tl lalaking asawa (male partner in marriage) · ssy bacla (male partner in marriage) · bqi شی (male partner in marriage) · cu мѫжь (male partner in marriage) · kk ер (male partner in marriage) · mdh kaluma (male partner in marriage) · uz er (male partner in marriage) · fa زَوْج (male partner in marriage) · abs paitua (male partner in marriage) · nrf bouonhoumme (male partner in marriage) · cja ڤسآڠ (male partner in marriage) · ms laki (male partner in marriage) · cs muž (male partner in marriage) · fro mari (male partner in marriage) · crh refiq (male partner in marriage) · hit 𒇽𒀸 (male partner in marriage) · vi chồng (male partner in marriage) · ps مړو (male partner in marriage) · nap marito (male partner in marriage) · jv garwa kakung (male partner in marriage) · swb mume (male partner in marriage) · es esposo (male partner in marriage) · es marido (male partner in marriage) · ks بَرتھا (male partner in marriage) · cjy 老漢兒 /老汉儿 (male partner in marriage) · zdj mndru-mme (male partner in marriage) · ja ハズバンド (male partner in marriage) · ur شَوہَر (male partner in marriage) · cic i̠hattak (male partner in marriage) · ia marito (male partner in marriage) · pl małżonek (male partner in marriage) · lv dzīvesbiedrs (male partner in marriage) · eu senar (male partner in marriage) · akk 𒁮 (male partner in marriage) · ks گَروول (male partner in marriage) · mww txiv (male partner in marriage) · as পৈ (male partner in marriage) · az zövc (male partner in marriage) · uga 𐎎𐎚 (male partner in marriage) · te పెనిమిటి (male partner in marriage) · mg lahy (male partner in marriage) · hi भतार (male partner in marriage) · zh 查埔人 (male partner in marriage) · lt sutuoktinis (male partner in marriage) · ro soț (male partner in marriage) · ckb شوو (male partner in marriage) · mi hoa rangatira (male partner in marriage) · mrw kawing (male partner in marriage) · pi bhattu (male partner in marriage) · sh sȕprug (male partner in marriage) · pt marido (male partner in marriage) · udm пиосмурт (male partner in marriage) · sv make (male partner in marriage) · da husbond (male partner in marriage) · crh aqay (male partner in marriage) · alt ӧбӧгӧн (male partner in marriage) · ur خاوِنْد (male partner in marriage) · kam mundu ume (male partner in marriage) · swb mme (male partner in marriage) · lb Mann (male partner in marriage) · pri éa (male partner in marriage) · nn ektemann (male partner in marriage) · bn স্বামী (male partner in marriage) · ky эр (male partner in marriage) · rsk супруг (male partner in marriage) · ig di (male partner in marriage) · ota قوجه (male partner in marriage) · et abikaasa (male partner in marriage) · cjm ꨚꨔꩃ (male partner in marriage) · eu gizon (male partner in marriage) · nv hahastiin (male partner in marriage) · jje 서방 (male partner in marriage) · ru муж (male partner in marriage) · dsb cłowjek (male partner in marriage) · inh мар (male partner in marriage) · ja 夫 (male partner in marriage) · gl marido (male partner in marriage) · nb husbond (male partner in marriage) · tl esposo (male partner in marriage) · ti በዓል ቤት (male partner in marriage) · wuu 男人 (male partner in marriage) · vo matan (male partner in marriage) · de Ehemann (male partner in marriage) · tl bana (male partner in marriage) · ur مَرْد (male partner in marriage) · af eggenoot (male partner in marriage) · fur omp (male partner in marriage) · ckb مێرد (male partner in marriage) · ar جوز (male partner in marriage) · ar زوج (male partner in marriage) · sa नाथ (male partner in marriage) · cu ⰿⱘⰶⱐ (male partner in marriage) · hak 先生 (male partner in marriage) · nb mann (male partner in marriage) · tyv ашак (male partner in marriage) · jv bojo lanang (male partner in marriage) · fo maður (male partner in marriage) · my ခင်ပွန်း (male partner in marriage) · az ər (male partner in marriage) · lki شۊ (male partner in marriage) · bo ཁྱོ་ག (male partner in marriage) · zh 先生 (male partner in marriage) · sl mọ̑ž (male partner in marriage) · yag tuku (male partner in marriage) · gan 老公 (male partner in marriage) · ca marit (male partner in marriage) · bg мъж (male partner in marriage) · ht mari (male partner in marriage) · hi धनी (male partner in marriage) · tet la'en (male partner in marriage) · tli x̱úx̱ (male partner in marriage) · ks خاوَنٛد (male partner in marriage) · yue 先生 (male partner in marriage) · zh 丈夫 (male partner in marriage) · sk muž (male partner in marriage) · hy մարդ (male partner in marriage) · zh 翁 (male partner in marriage) · it marito (male partner in marriage) · dsb muž (male partner in marriage) · ee srɔ̃ŋutsu (male partner in marriage) · ur مِیاں (male partner in marriage) · pl mąż (male partner in marriage) · txb pets (male partner in marriage) · zu umyeni (male partner in marriage) · nds Ehmann (male partner in marriage) · xmf ქომოჯი (male partner in marriage) · msk bana (male partner in marriage) · kcg a̱tyoli (male partner in marriage) · lt vyras (male partner in marriage) · luy omsecha (male partner in marriage) · sq burrë (male partner in marriage) · si සැමියා (male partner in marriage) · qu qusa (male partner in marriage) · lt pagalvėlė (cushion) · tl asawa (male partner in marriage) · uk чолові́к (male partner in marriage) · el σύζυγος (male partner in marriage) · lez гъуьл (male partner in marriage) · bn জওজ (male partner in marriage) · sva ჭაშ (male partner in marriage) · lo ປະຕິ (male partner in marriage) · iso ọzaị (male partner in marriage) · kaa kúyew (male partner in marriage) · enm husbonde (male partner in marriage) · zh 愛人 /爱人 (male partner in marriage) · zea man (male partner in marriage) · rad ung (male partner in marriage) · ko 량반 (male partner in marriage) · ar جوز (male partner in marriage) · orv мужь (male partner in marriage) · lo ສາມີ (male partner in marriage) · ks اوش (male partner in marriage) · ko 남편 (male partner in marriage) · hi स्वामी (male partner in marriage) · mk маж (male partner in marriage) · ko 양반 (male partner in marriage) · nb ektemann (male partner in marriage) · rsk хлоп (male partner in marriage) · khb ᦕᦷ (male partner in marriage) · sa स्वामिन् (male partner in marriage) · ja ハズ (male partner in marriage) · sux 𒁮 (male partner in marriage) · kn ಗಂಡ (male partner in marriage) · kmr mêr (male partner in marriage) · bh भतार (male partner in marriage) · mn ᠨᠥᠬᠦᠷ (male partner in marriage) · as স্বামী (male partner in marriage) · ta கணவன் (male partner in marriage) · zza mêrde (diq) (male partner in marriage) · fur marît (male partner in marriage) · nn husbond (male partner in marriage) · vo himatan (male partner in marriage) · cs manžel (male partner in marriage) · su salaki (male partner in marriage) · kk жұбай (male partner in marriage) · de Mann (male partner in marriage) · fa شی (male partner in marriage) · ijc yeí (male partner in marriage) · yo ọkọ (male partner in marriage) · ur خاوَنْد (male partner in marriage) · bqi میره (male partner in marriage) · nan-tws 翁 (male partner in marriage) · ba ир (male partner in marriage) · la marītus (male partner in marriage) · de Gatte (male partner in marriage) · gag koca (male partner in marriage) · yue 丈夫 (male partner in marriage) · vec marìo (male partner in marriage) · nn mann (male partner in marriage) · luo chuora (male partner in marriage) · ast esposu (male partner in marriage) · myv пола (male partner in marriage) · su carogé (male partner in marriage) · hsb muž (male partner in marriage) · wmw nlume (male partner in marriage) · sh му̑ж (male partner in marriage) · my လင် (male partner in marriage) · egy h-i-D52-A1 (male partner in marriage) · rue муж (male partner in marriage) · fa شوی (male partner in marriage) · zh лохан (male partner in marriage) · mr नवरा (male partner in marriage) · ne पति (male partner in marriage) · ee atsu (male partner in marriage) · scn maritu (male partner in marriage) · bn শওহর (male partner in marriage) · ur پَتی (male partner in marriage) · ne श्रीमान (male partner in marriage) · zh 翁婿 (male partner in marriage) · zh җонфу (male partner in marriage) · ist mareî (male partner in marriage) · bg съпру́г (male partner in marriage) · ja 旦那 (male partner in marriage) · cak achjil (male partner in marriage) · is maður (male partner in marriage) · ps خاوند (male partner in marriage) · yai вир (male partner in marriage) · nan-tws [script needed] (dai⁶ lou⁶) (male partner in marriage) · am ባል (male partner in marriage) · sh mȗž (male partner in marriage) · mk со́пруг (male partner in marriage) · jje 남펜 (male partner in marriage) · tg завҷ (male partner in marriage) · alr ӄылавул (male partner in marriage) · mer murume (male partner in marriage) · lo ສະຫວາມິ (male partner in marriage) · te మొగుడు (male partner in marriage) · hil bana (male partner in marriage) · lo ຜົວ (male partner in marriage) · mt raġel (male partner in marriage) · ru супру́г (male partner in marriage) · fa زُوْج (male partner in marriage) · mba asawa (male partner in marriage) · ja 亭主 (male partner in marriage) · tpn mena (male partner in marriage) · udi ишу (male partner in marriage) · is eiginmaður (male partner in marriage) · tr koca (male partner in marriage) · xda mullamang (male partner in marriage) · he בַּעַל (male partner in marriage) · haw kāne (male partner in marriage) · sl soprọ̑g (male partner in marriage) · yue 老公 (male partner in marriage) · fo ektamaður (male partner in marriage) · zh 先生 (male partner in marriage) · mr पती (male partner in marriage) · rue хлоп (male partner in marriage) · ur زَوج (male partner in marriage) · grc γαμέτης (male partner in marriage) · gu પતિ (male partner in marriage) · koi айка (male partner in marriage) · xag 𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔱𐕒 (male partner in marriage) · nds Mann (male partner in marriage) · dlm marait (male partner in marriage) · myv мирде (male partner in marriage) · mn нөхөр (male partner in marriage) · blk ဝါ (male partner in marriage) · eo edzo (male partner in marriage) · fa شو (male partner in marriage) · cy gŵr (male partner in marriage) · rsk муж (male partner in marriage) · jje 집잇어룬 (male partner in marriage) · cdo 老公 (male partner in marriage) · udi ишкъар (male partner in marriage) · ur سَرْتاج (male partner in marriage) · tft raka (male partner in marriage) · fa شُوْهَر (male partner in marriage) · roa-tar marite (male partner in marriage) · ki morume (male partner in marriage) · gd fear-pòsda (male partner in marriage) · ii ꃥꌋ (male partner in marriage) · sh су̏пруг (male partner in marriage) · bej hiyu (male partner in marriage) · he אִישׁ (male partner in marriage) · br gwaz (male partner in marriage) · mg ibaban-tsaiky (male partner in marriage) · shn ၽူဝ် (male partner in marriage) · as গিৰি (male partner in marriage) · wyi naing groong (male partner in marriage) · ps سړی (male partner in marriage) · lzz ქომოჯი (male partner in marriage) · alt эр (male partner in marriage) · sc madiru (male partner in marriage) · ce мар (male partner in marriage) · sw mume (male partner in marriage) · gug ména (male partner in marriage) · rsk товариш (male partner in marriage) · luo jaod (male partner in marriage) · te భర్త (male partner in marriage) · ha mijī̀ (male partner in marriage) · fi aviomies (male partner in marriage) · cjm ꨤꨆꨬ (male partner in marriage) · tk är (male partner in marriage) · gug me (male partner in marriage) · fr mari (male partner in marriage) · ang wer (male partner in marriage) · uk муж (male partner in marriage) · oj niwiidigemaagan (male partner in marriage) · zea vent (male partner in marriage) · ast home (male partner in marriage) · nmn tâa a̰a (male partner in marriage) · lou mari (male partner in marriage) · cho hatak (male partner in marriage) · kcg a̱tyok (male partner in marriage) · lki مێردە (male partner in marriage) · fur om (male partner in marriage) · ms suami (male partner in marriage) · ga fear (male partner in marriage) · jv laki (male partner in marriage) · bni mobali (male partner in marriage) · pdt Maun (male partner in marriage) · ln mobali (male partner in marriage) · ar زَوْج (male partner in marriage) · fur cristian (male partner in marriage) · gl home (male partner in marriage) · yua íicham (male partner in marriage) · yi מאַן (male partner in marriage) · lv vīrs (male partner in marriage) · inh цӏен-да (male partner in marriage) · ka ქმარი (male partner in marriage) · udm карт (male partner in marriage) · rm um (male partner in marriage) · gl esposo (male partner in marriage) · et mees (male partner in marriage) · ia sposo (male partner in marriage) · ycl capor (male partner in marriage) · el άνδρας (male partner in marriage) · os лӕг (male partner in marriage) · tg шавҳар (male partner in marriage) · ar زوج (male partner in marriage) · be сужэ́нец (male partner in marriage) · ab аԥшәма (male partner in marriage) · ky күйөө (male partner in marriage) · kl ui (male partner in marriage) · oc marit (male partner in marriage) · wuu 丈夫 (male partner in marriage) · fr époux (male partner in marriage) · sv man (male partner in marriage) · bor oredu (male partner in marriage) · zh 相公 (male partner in marriage) · gez በዓል (male partner in marriage) · ab ахаҵа (male partner in marriage) · cs choť (male partner in marriage) · wao ʔéw (male partner in marriage) · ur خَصَم (male partner in marriage) · ja ご主人 (male partner in marriage) · mnc ᡝᡳᡤᡝᠨ (male partner in marriage) · se boadnji (male partner in marriage) · wa ome (male partner in marriage) · igl ọ́kọ (male partner in marriage) · or ସ୍ୱାମୀ (male partner in marriage) · ar جوز (male partner in marriage) · got 𐌰𐌱𐌰 (male partner in marriage) · ar زوج (male partner in marriage) · tt ир (male partner in marriage) · th สามี (male partner in marriage) · os мойнӕ (male partner in marriage) · ps مېړه (male partner in marriage) · kn ಪತಿ (male partner in marriage) · ar ريل (male partner in marriage) · za boh (male partner in marriage) · is bóndi (male partner in marriage) · ta அம்படையன் (male partner in marriage) · be муж (male partner in marriage) · si පුරුෂයා (male partner in marriage) · ar بَعْل (male partner in marriage) · nl echtgenoot (male partner in marriage) · fo maki (male partner in marriage) · rue ма́нжел (male partner in marriage) · ks خانہٕ دار (male partner in marriage) · pa ਪਤੀ (male partner in marriage) · hi पति (male partner in marriage) · rup bãrbat (roa-rup) (male partner in marriage) · ckt ыʼвэӄуч (male partner in marriage) · de Gemahl (male partner in marriage) · mi hoa tāne (male partner in marriage) · mi tāne (male partner in marriage) · pt esposo (male partner in marriage) · la vir (male partner in marriage) · ug ئەر (male partner in marriage) · gu નાવ (male partner in marriage) · sco guidman (male partner in marriage) · sk manžel (male partner in marriage) · crh qoca (male partner in marriage) · kis msacha (male partner in marriage) · ksw ဝၤ (male partner in marriage) · kk күйеу (male partner in marriage) · ga fear céile (male partner in marriage) · hak 丈夫 (male partner in marriage) · da mand (male partner in marriage) · zh нанжын (male partner in marriage) · si ස්වාමිපුරුෂයා (male partner in marriage) · zh 丈夫 (male partner in marriage) · sdh شۊ (male partner in marriage) · zu indoda (male partner in marriage) · ar زوج (male partner in marriage) · io spozulo (male partner in marriage) · fi mies (male partner in marriage) · ia sponso (male partner in marriage) · os мой (male partner in marriage) · kw gour (male partner in marriage) · wuu 先生 (male partner in marriage) · cjs эр (male partner in marriage) · ks روٗن (male partner in marriage) · da ægtemand (male partner in marriage) · id suami (male partner in marriage) · de Ehegatte (male partner in marriage) · ceb bana (male partner in marriage) · th ผัว (male partner in marriage) · aa baqala (male partner in marriage) · rom rrom (male partner in marriage) · twf sə́onena (male partner in marriage) · rm cunsort (male partner in marriage) · lmy lai (male partner in marriage) · ja 主人 (male partner in marriage) · njo-jgl kinungpu (male partner in marriage) · ml ഭർത്താവ് (male partner in marriage) · sa पति (male partner in marriage) · tr eş (male partner in marriage) · km ប្ដី (male partner in marriage) · lt pats (male partner in marriage) · ar زوج (male partner in marriage)